The Best Episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1
Every episode of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1!
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Jujutsu Kaisen" season 1 is "Ryomen Sukuna", rated 8.1/10 from 5949 user votes. It was directed by Yui Umemoto and written by Hiroshi Seko. "Ryomen Sukuna" aired on 10/3/2020 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "For Myself".
8.1/10 5,949 votes#1 - Ryomen Sukuna
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2020
After visiting his beloved grandfather in the hospital, Yuji Itadori encounters an apprentice sorcerer who demands that Yuji hand over a cursed relic.
Director: Yui Umemoto
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
7.9/10 5,288 votes#2 - For Myself
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2020
Yuji manages to control the curse of Ryomen Sukuna. Later, he awakens in a room with Jujutsu High teacher Satoru Gojo, who offers him a deadly choice.
Director: Ryohei Takeshita
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
7.6/10 5,021 votes#3 - Girl of Steel
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2020
Nobara Kugisaki joins the class on a trip to Roppongi where Gojo gives her and Yuji their first test: dispel a curse from an abandoned building.
Director: Kakushi Ifuku
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.8/10 5,765 votes#4 - Curse Womb Must Die
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2020
When a curse womb attacks a juvenile detention center, Yuji's group is called upon to rescue any remaining survivors — but combat isn’t an option.
Director: Hideaki Abe
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.3/10 4,984 votes#5 - Curse Womb Must Die -II-
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2020
As Sukuna gruesomely holds Yuji's body hostage, Fushiguro struggles against the sheer strength of Sukuna's curse to buy time until Yuji can awaken.
Director: Yosuke Takada
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.1/10 4,809 votes#6 - After Rain
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2020
Sukuna tells Yuji that he will bring him back to life on two conditions. Meanwhile, Suguru Geto and a cursed spirit discuss their plans for Gojo.
Director: Eri Osada
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
9.3/10 7,160 votes#7 - Assault
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2020
The cursed spirit Jogo attacks Gojo, who has such little trouble fighting back that he leaves and brings back a student to observe the battle.
Director: Sunghoo Park
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
7.5/10 4,719 votes#8 - Boredom
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2020
As Kugisaki and Fushiguro train for the exchange event, two older students from the Kyoto Jujutsu school arrive in Tokyo and pick a fight with them.
Director: Shota Goshozono
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
7.9/10 4,541 votes#9 - Small Fry and Reverse Retribution
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2020
High schooler Junpei Yoshino finds his bullies horrifically killed in a movie theater. Sorcerer Kento Nanami and Yuji investigate the crime scene.
Director: Ryohei Takeshita
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.2/10 4,498 votes#10 - Idle Transfiguration
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2020
Junpei gets some startling advice from Mahito. Later, Ijichi and Yuji track down Junpei and formulate a plan to set up a chance encounter with him.
Director: Ken Takahashi
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.5/10 4,571 votes#11 - Narrow-minded
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2020
Annoyed at having to work off the clock, Nanami shows Mahito the true potential of his sorcery. Meanwhile, Yuji and Junpei bond over movies.
Director: Daisuke Tsukushi
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
9.4/10 7,297 votes#12 - To You, Someday
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/2020
Ignoring Nanami's warning, Yuji dashes into the school and tries to reason with Junpei, but Mahito soon interrupts. Yuji appeals to Sukuna for help.
Director: Masataka Akai
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
9.3/10 6,141 votes#13 - Tomorrow
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/2020
Yuji and Nanami coordinate their attacks on Mahito, wearing him down. But as the cursed spirit approaches death, he finds a new power within himself.
Director: Hironori Tanaka
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
7.6/10 4,378 votes#14 - Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 0 -
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/2021
With the exchange event between the Tokyo and Kyoto Jujutsu schools set to begin, Gojo arranges for Yuji to make a surprise appearance.
Director: Chie Nishizawa
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.1/10 4,417 votes#15 - Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 1 -
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/23/2021
Shortly after the exchange event team battle begins, Todo ambushes the Tokyo students. Yuji moves to stop him but soon finds himself surrounded.
Director: Hideaki Abe
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.5/10 4,625 votes#16 - Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 2 -
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/2021
Todo gives Yuji advice on how to better tap into his curse powers. After Kugisaki taunts Nishimiya, Panda fights the remote-controlled Mechamaru.
Director: Masato Nakazono
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.7/10 4,908 votes#17 - Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 3 -
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/2021
While Miwa struggles to stand her ground against Maki's attacks, Kugisaki chases down a flying Nishimiya, who lectures her about Mai's hardships.
Director: Shota Goshozono
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.9/10 5,188 votes#18 - Sage
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/2021
Fushiguro dodges Kamo's barrage of arrows but his opponent proves just as formidable in close combat. Meanwhile, Inumaki senses a foreboding presence.
Director: Yosuke Takada
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
9.4/10 8,248 votes#19 - Black Flash
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/2021
Inumaki, Fushiguro and Kamo struggle to hold their own against special grade cursed spirit Hanami, but Maki arrives to provide much-needed backup.
Director: Ryu Nakayama
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
9.6/10 11,419 votes#20 - Nonstandard
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/2021
After analyzing Hanami's assortment of skills with his self-proclaimed intellect, Todo uses his disorienting technique to attack in tandem with Yuji.
Director: Masataka Akai
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
7.5/10 4,403 votes#21 - Jujutsu Koshien
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/6/2021
After the event's interruption, the school tournament continues with a baseball match.
Director: Yui Umemoto
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
7.7/10 4,227 votes#22 - The Origin of Blind Obedience
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/13/2021
An investigation into a string of curse-related killings leads Yuji, Fushiguro and Kugisaki to the victims' – and Fushiguro's – former middle school.
Director: Tomomi Kamiya
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
9.0/10 5,614 votes#23 - The Origin of Blind Obedience -II-
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/20/2021
Fushiguro, Kugisaki and Itadori fight the cursed spirits on two fronts. When Fushiguro faces his enemy alone, he recalls his recent training with Gojo. He knows that he has to be able to surpass himself...
Director: Chie Nishizawa
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
9.4/10 6,799 votes#24 - Accomplices
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/27/2021
Yuji and Nobara's battle against the Death Painting Wombs Kechizu and Eso reaches its conclusion! However, even in victory there is a cost in killing, something the Jujutsu High students had never considered before. Meanwhile, Choso, Geto and Mahito gain wind of this event.
Director: Sunghoo Park
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.7/10 16 votes#25 - Hidden Inventory
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 7/6/2023
The jujutsu sorcerers Iori Utahime and Mei Mei are dispatched to an ominous manor where several people have gone missing. They infiltrate the manor and attempt to destroy the cursed spirit's barrier, but suddenly the building starts to crumble.
Director: Shota Goshozono
Writer: Hiroshi Seko